Goodbye Again

Goodbye Again (released in Europe as Aimez-vous Brahms?) is a 1961 American-French romantic drama film produced and directed by Anatole Litvak. The screenplay was written by Samuel A. Taylor, based on the novel Aimez-vous Brahms? by Françoise Sagan. The film, released by United Artists, stars Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Perkins, Yves Montand, and Jessie Royce Landis. Plot Paula Tessier is a 40-year-old interior designer who for the past five years has been the mistress of Roger Demarest, a "philandering business executive" who refuses to stop seeing other women. When Paula meets Philip, the 25-year-old son of one of her wealthy clients, he falls in love with her and insists that the age difference will not matter. Paula resists the young man's advances, but finally succumbs when Roger initiates yet another affair with one of his young "Maisies". While she is initially happy with Philip, her friends and business associates disapprove of the May–December romance. By the time of the ending, the plot has undergone a triple reversal that thrusts one of life's wry ironies up the nose of the viewer. Cast Ingrid Bergman as Paula Tessier Yves Montand as Roger Demarest Anthony Perkins as Philip Van der Besh Jessie Royce Landis as Mrs. Van der Besh Pierre Dux as Maitre Fleury Jackie Lane as First Maisie Jean Clarke as Second Maisie Michèle Mercier as Third Maisie Uta Taeger as Gaby André Randall as Mr. Steiner Peter Bull as Client Alison Leggatt as Alice David Horne as Queen's Counsel Diahann Carroll as Night Club Singer Uncredited Cast Lee Patrick as Mme. Fleury Annie Duperoux as Madeline Fleury Raymond Gerome as Jimmy Jean Hebey as Mons. Cherel Michel Garland as Young Man in Club Colin Mann as Assistant Lawyer